redundent index? - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Robert Treat
Subject redundent index?
Date
Msg-id 1067436236.2069.28785.camel@camel
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Responses Re: redundent index?  (Rod Taylor <rbt@rbt.ca>)
List pgsql-performance
I just noticed on one of my tables I have the following two indexes:

Indexes: entity_watch_map_pkey primary key btree (entity_id, watch_id),
         ewm_entity_id btree (entity_id),


I can't think of why the second index is there, as ISTM there is no
instance where the first index wouldn't be used in place of the second
one if i were to delete the second one. its a heavily updated table, so
axing the second one would be a bonus for performance, am i missing
something? Thanks in advance,


Robert Treat
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